When Your Empire Falls Poem by Amadu Amaru

*(Ded.2 Muammar Gaddhafi)

When your empire falls
Your people suffer
They walk through darkness
Through the shadow of death
Through the valley of no food
No water, no nothin’
Running round duckin’ stray
bullets, takin’ shots.

They die not that they want
Cause they’re exposed to
The count of every single dropp
Of tears they shed is bitter cause
It hurts to see a corpse and watch
a buddy dying.

Just when your empire falls
And you’re the most wanted
Fugitive
You had always guaranteed your
People democracy
But now you leave’em hangin’
Defenseless, it’s senseless
You were a hero and now you r
on your toes.

A message to the victims
Let’s not cry cause it happened
Let’s appreciate the fact that it
Happened
In a dream you hear a voice
Telling you not to stand near his
Grave, weepin’ and cryin’ cause
He’s not dead
And tomorrow we’ll all luster